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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Dear God,
The other night, the Rev. James Dobson’s ministry asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be cancelled.
I see that You have answered Rev. Dobson’s prayers — except the storm You have sent to earth [...]

Orac, at Respectful Insolence, has spent a lot of time and pixels on the anti-vaccination crusades being led by a number of people who claim that common vaccines cause autism. Among these folks are some celebrities, some of whom are A-list, some of whom are H-list. Jenny McCarthy is among the most outspoken [...]

Read all about it.

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Early this year, the Democracy For America organization held showings of an important new movie: “Uncounted.” This well researched documentary by Emmy award-winning director, David Earnhardt, is an examination of election fraud, focusing on the electronic voting machines deployed nationwide after congress passed the HAVA act; a terribly failed attempt to correct the chance of [...]

There’s be quite a bit of hushed suggestion of McCain’s mental acuity. Today is the first time I’ve seen the word Alzheimer’s used.
One would think use hateful liberals would be shouting from the trees just to scare people. So why not? Anyone who is familiar with this disease and can [...]

It could happen. Republicans unite! Take back YOUR party from the droids!

As the Republican National Convention opens in Minneapolis-St. Paul near the northern reaches of the Mississippi River, it is the third anniversary of the flooding of New Orleans from hurricane Katrina at the Mississippi’s southern end.
Measured by lives lost and dollar cost, this was one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. Those [...]

One of the stranger outcomes of the Bush years has been the complete collapse of the old order of American politics. Bush’s utter incompetence in terms of actual policy and his virulently aggressive big government conservatism has shattered the Reagan coalition. The old liberal-conservative axis has been destroyed. The Bush administration and [...]

Katrina vanden Heuvel used those words to describe McCain’s choice of Palin for VP. Here’s her longer explanation:
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL: It’s a new kind of Republican grievance resentment politics. Large - I mean, so much of it is about feeding into the resentment about Hillary Clinton not getting one, the nomination of the Democratic [...]

I know Satire Is Hard in these dark days but:
HE is an ex-POW turned multimillionaire. He has power, wealth, and more houses than most people have ties. But can anything — or anyone — calm his savage temper, and teach him to love again?
SHE’s a young creationist who knows little about politics and is in [...]

’nuff said.

RedState
Holy cow, this is a game changer if, in fact, John McCain has chosen her. Serious game changer. Wow.
YES, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS IT. ON DRUDGE REPORT NOW.
Here’s what we know: Sarah Palin landed in Ohio last night with her two oldest kids. She landed thirty miles from Dayton on a plane owned by [...]